purépecha
[puˈɾepet͡ʃa]
The verdict
“purépecha” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #97,772 among 6,028 “P” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #97,772
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 6,028
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Propio de, relativo o pertenenciente a una etnia nativa de las tierras altas de Michoacán, Querétaro y Guanajuato, en México, o al estado que esta conformaba antes de la conquista española
Corpus desk
Index ES-purepecha · purépecha · Spanish
purépecha · rank #97,772 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #97,772
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 6,028
- PHOTO-FINISH pundonor
Nearest frequency peer: pundonor (-2 rank slots)
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
Rangos de cola larga cerca de “purépecha”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- pululando
pululando
2,233 corpus weight
- pulverizada
pulverizada
2,232 corpus weight
- pundonor
pundonor
2,231 corpus weight
- purépecha
purépecha
2,229 corpus weight
- père
père
2,227 corpus weight
- pérfida
pérfida
2,226 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “purépecha” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | purépecha |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [puˈɾepet͡ʃa] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #97,772 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “purépecha” en español
Rare enough to double-check
purépecha is uncommon Spanish at frequency #97,772 among 6,028 “P” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [puˈɾepet͡ʃa]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Propio de, relativo o pertenenciente a una etnia nativa de las tierras altas de Michoacán, Querétaro y Guanajuato, en México, o al estado que esta conformaba antes de la conquista española".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for purépecha, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct Spanish form is purépecha, spelled P-U-R-É-P-E-C-H-A.
Definition
- 1Propio de, relativo o pertenenciente a una etnia nativa de las tierras altas de Michoacán, Querétaro y Guanajuato, en México, o al estado que esta conformaba antes de la conquista española
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Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 Spanish corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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